170 A Modern Bee-Farm 
The Large Entrance Accommodation 
is a great feature in Simmins’ Hanging-Chamber Hive ; 
in summer it may be some 18 inches by 2 inches deep. 
Next we have the independent space all round the lower 
rim of the Non-Swarming Chamber (as temporary super) 
and between it and the floor, a further opening of 70 inches 
by 43-inch. But more than this, taking the upper spaces 
between three other chambers, we get another clear spacing 
equal to 210 inches by }-inch deep, or a grand total of 
entrance accommodation of over 120 square inches. The 
fact cannot be denied that such a feat has never before 
been accomplished in a modern bee-hive, in solid workable: 
practice, and with results in honey-production far in excess 
of the restricted, non-ventilating methods still adopted by 
the majority of bee-keepers. 
Perfect Ventilation 
cannot be secured in any other manner, either in summer 
or winter. Many of the old bee-masters have striven to 
secure thorough ventilation by using perforated metal 
and other devices, all of which failed utterly, through 
the bees immediately ‘stopping every opening with 
propolis. 
Brace-Combs, Burr-Combs, 
or comb-projections and attachments such as are found 
between frame ends or under the sections, have always 
been the result of the old-fashioned crowding plan which 
the majority of bee-keepers still adhere to when working 
for comb-honey. But once and for all the apiarist should 
disabuse himself of this prejudice against Simmins’ new 
system. Comb-honey is finished off just as well, or even 
better, and moreover in larger quantities, where so much 
space is allowed below the stock, and between all the 
